Comparison Slider <= 1.0.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2024-05-29 19:51

Benedictus Jovan (aillesiM)

Strategic Overview

Status

Unpatched

Affected PluginComparison Slider

Affected Version<= 1.0.5

CVSS6.4Medium

CVECVE-2024-4422

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Vulnerability Overview

The Comparison Slider plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the slider title parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4422 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0907c74e-0bb8-4761-aabf-79d880c78415

CVSS Vector

6.4

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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